Where to find us

This website showcases Orchard Farmhouse. The details are a general guide only. Measurements, such as acreages, are approximate. The house goes on sale in February 2015 when there will be an open weekend. This is planned to be on February 28th/March 1st. If you would like to view the house contact us now to book a space. Viewing is only by prior appointment. Guide price for the house with its one acre garden is £730,000. Up to 6.6 acres of paddocks, woodland and orchards also available for an additional £70,000.

Former bed and breakfast, holiday home and family home.

Orchard
Farmhouse is a fine Georgian farmhouse with a superb modern wing. The
house is large and spacious but also inexpensive to run. There are five
bedrooms, two sitting rooms and a characterful dining room. The house
lies in a pretty village, roughly midway between Sherborne and Blandford Forum. The position of the house commands panoramic views. The garden is
one acre and there is the option to purchase paddocks, woodland and
orchards in addition up to a further 6.6 acres if you wish. The house is on standstone rock, said to be greensand. The greensand flows down the garden and becomes clay in the fields. The paddocks have mature hedges, post and rail fencing and gates. There is a forest garden, a small woodland planted five years ago and now thriving. There are established and new fruit trees including apple, cherry and damson. The land is south facing and gently slopes down to a stream.

Try before you buy! Until February the house can be let for weekends.

£500 for a 2 night weekend, £600 for a 3 night weekend. Viewings from prospective purchasers start end of February but you can experience the house by letting it for a weekend before then.

The special features of Orchard Farmhouse are:

5/6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 sitting rooms, dining room.

Wonderful views over gardens to the Dorset hills.

Peace and quiet. Lounge with woodburner to relax in. Second lounge with open fire.

3 double rooms, 2 twins (one has an ensuite) and one single. Plus a futon and a cot.

Woodland garden project, wildflower meadow and fields in which to wander.

When guests arrive at Orchard Farmhouse they usually say, "Wow, what a view!"

After a journey people are often tired so they sit down in the main sitting room to look out over the terrace and garden. Its a gorgeous vista of over the garden orchard, the wonderful willows and the hills in the distance.

With easy access to the historic market towns of Dorchester, Sherborne, Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum, you are in the heart of a beautiful county at Orchard Farmhouse, Wonston, Hazelbury Bryan, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 2EE. Within an hour's drive you can access coastline as diverse as Lulworth Cove, Weymouth and Chesil Beach.

Beach Combers

Dorset has some of Britain's finest beaches. Sandbanks is gorgeous. It can be busy in the high days of summer in which case we can suggest some less well known spots near Lulworth Cove and Bridport. The fossils near Lyme Regis are fascinating. The Hive Beach at Burton Bradstock is a great favourite because of its award winning cafe, serving great local fish.

Musicians

There is strong musical tradition in Dorset, especially round Orchard Farmhouse Organic Bed and Breakfast. Classical festivals are of a very high standard at the Sherborne, Plush and Cerne Abbas festivals. Poole Lighthouse and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra are highly respected. Folk music features all over the place - favourites are the Budapest Cafe Orchestra who come to this area every year. There is even a Boogie Woogie festival in Sturminster. In August is the Milton Abbas Festival in the beautiful abbey.

Sturminster Newton has an excellent venue called The Exchange. It attracts famous musicians such as John Williams.

Artists

Please come and stay and make this your base for drawing and painting the Dorset landscape.

Below is one of the fabulous views of Abbotsbury from a tiny side road. See the barn in the background? It featured in the film of Far from the Madding Crowd.